CONFERENCE: SEPTEMBER 3 – 5
LOCATION: DANCE EXCHANGE
7117 MAPLE AVENUE, TAKOMA PARK, MD 20912
$15.00 ADVANCE REGISTRATION/$20.00 AT THE DOOR
Purchase Tickets Now https://kankouran2021.eventbrite.com
2021 WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Dance/Idy Ciss (Djembe) 12:30pm-2:00pm
Dance/Marie Basse-Wiles (Djembe) 2:15pm-3:45pm
Dance/ Kwame Shaka Opare (Traditional-Contemporary) 4:00pm-5:30pm
Dance/Mariama Basse (Kutiro) 5:45pm-7:15pm
Dance/Youssouf Koumbassa (Djembe) 7:30pm-9:00pm
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
Dance/Mabiba Baegne (Congolese) 9:00am-10:30am
Dance/Mouminatou Camara (Djembe) 10:45am-12:15pm
Drum/ Brehim “Brigo” Gueye (Sabar) 12:00pm-1:00pm
Dance/Naomi Diouf (Liberian) 12:30pm-2:00pm
Drum/Fode Bangoura (Djembe) 1:00pm-2:00pm
Dance/Mariama Basse (Balant) 2:15pm-3:45pm
Dance/Babacar M’Baye (Sabar) 4:00pm-5:30pm
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5
Dance/ Kwame Shaka Opare (Traditional-Contemporary) 9:00am-10:30am
Dance/ Youssouf Koumbassa (Djembe) 10:45am-12:15pm
Dance/Kadiatou Conte (Djembe) 12:30pm-2:00pm
Drum/Medoune Yacine Gueye (Djembe) 1:00pm-2:00pm
Drum/Zak Diouf (Djembe) 2:00pm-3:00pm
Dance/Idy Ciss (Sabar-Serer) 2:15pm-3:45pm
Drum/Fode Camara (Djembe) 3:00pm-4:00pm
Dance/Marie Basse-Wiles (Kutiro) 4:00pm-5:30pm
Dance/Assane Konte (Djembe) 5:45pm-7:15pm
Dance/ Babacar M’Baye (Sabar) 7:30pm-9:00pm
LIVE CONCERT: SEPTEMBER 4
(Venue and ticket information coming soon)
CONFERENCE HOST HOTEL
SHERATON SILVER SPRING
8777 GEORGIA AVENUE, SILVER SPRING, MD 20910
301-589-0800
$99/NIGHT (SINGLE/DOUBLE ROOMS): CUT OFF DATE AUGUST 2
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JUBILEE: CELEBRATION OF LIFE! is funded, in part, by a grant from THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS, THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACKS IN DANCE, THE D.C. COMMISSION ON THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES (AN AGENCY SUPPORTED IN PART BY THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS), AND THE MAYOR’S OFFICE ON AFRICAN AFFAIRS.